Cape Orange (
Portuguese: Cabo Orange) is a
cape
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck.
History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. T ...
on the coast of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, separated from the coast of
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...
by a large
bay
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watered by the
estuary
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of the
Oyapock River ( pt, Rio Oiapoque). Cape Orange is the northernmost point of the Brazilian
state
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of
Amapá
Amapá () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and the eighteenth largest by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by Fr ...
. It is located in an area of
tidal marshland protected in
Cabo Orange National Park
The Cabo Orange National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Cabo Orange) is a National park located in Amapá state in the north of Brazil, near the border between Brazil and French Guiana.
Location
The Cabo Orange National Park has an area of .
It ...
.
In Brazil, both Cape Orange and the nearby mouth of the Oyapock River are often erroneously quoted as being the country's northernmost point, and until the mid- to late 20th century this information could even be found in many Brazilian schoolbooks. Actually, Brazil's most northerly point is far inland and hundreds of kilometres from there, on
Monte Caburaí in the state of
Roraima, almost a full degree more to the north. Cape Orange is indeed the northernmost point of the
Brazilian coastline; the cape's western coastline ends at the Oyapock estuary, whose mouth marks the end of the Brazilian coast.
It is the only place in the Brazilian coast where the
American flamingo
The American flamingo (''Phoenicopterus ruber'') is a large species of flamingo closely related to the greater flamingo and Chilean flamingo native to the Neotropics. It was formerly considered conspecific with the greater flamingo, but that ...
(''Phoenicopterus ruber'') nests.
See also
*
Extreme points of Brazil
This is a list of the extreme points of Brazil.
Latitude and longitude
The following points are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
Brazil
* Northernmost point: Monte Caburaí, Roraima ()
* Northernmost town: Uiramut� ...
External links
Satellite photo (Google Maps)
Orange
Landforms of Amapá
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